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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 551465" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>ARTICLE 18. SAFETY AND HEALTH EQUIPMENT,</p><p>ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS </p><p></p><p><strong>Preamble</strong> </p><p>The Employer and the Union agree that the safety of the employees and the general public is of utmost importance.....</p><p>.....Under no circumstances will an employee be required or assigned to engage in any activity involving dangerous conditions of work or danger to a person or property or in violation of a government regulation relating to safety of person or equipment. ......</p><p> <u>It shall not be a violation of this Agreement, or cause for disciplinary action, where employees refuse to operate equipment or a vehicle when such operation constitutes a violation of any state or federal rules, regulations, standards or orders applicable to commercial motor vehicle safety or health, or because of the employee�s reasonable apprehension of serious injury to himself/herself or the public due to the unsafe conditions......</u> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Bottom line; the sup instructed the driver to do something unsafe and illegal. Refusal to break the law or work unsafely is <em>not</em> insubordination.</strong></p><p> <strong>The appropriate action for the driver to have taken...would have been to pull over at the first safe place, hand the keys to the sup, and let <em>him </em>decide where to park.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 551465, member: 14668"] ARTICLE 18. SAFETY AND HEALTH EQUIPMENT, ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS [B]Preamble[/B] The Employer and the Union agree that the safety of the employees and the general public is of utmost importance..... .....Under no circumstances will an employee be required or assigned to engage in any activity involving dangerous conditions of work or danger to a person or property or in violation of a government regulation relating to safety of person or equipment. ...... [U]It shall not be a violation of this Agreement, or cause for disciplinary action, where employees refuse to operate equipment or a vehicle when such operation constitutes a violation of any state or federal rules, regulations, standards or orders applicable to commercial motor vehicle safety or health, or because of the employee�s reasonable apprehension of serious injury to himself/herself or the public due to the unsafe conditions......[/U] [B]Bottom line; the sup instructed the driver to do something unsafe and illegal. Refusal to break the law or work unsafely is [I]not[/I] insubordination.[/B] [B]The appropriate action for the driver to have taken...would have been to pull over at the first safe place, hand the keys to the sup, and let [I]him [/I]decide where to park.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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